Federal Judge Dismisses Software Company’s UCL Claim Against Google

Mealey's (November 12, 2020, 1:26 PM EST) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. — A federal judge in California on Oct. 30 dismissed with prejudice a software development company’s claim that Google Inc. committed unfair and fraudulent conduct in violation of California’s unfair competition law (UCL), finding that the plaintiff “fails to allege specific facts demonstrating significant harm to competition in the market as a whole” and lacks standing to bring a claim under the UCL's fraudulent prong (Snapkeys, LTD v. Google LLC, No. 19-02658, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 203172)....